Syracuse.com is asking Central New York figures to give the lowdown on ACC schools.

Boston College men's basketball coach Steve Donahue previously spent 10 years coaching Cornell, including a run to the Sweet 16 in 2010.

What's the best school tradition?

"The one thing they do is a superfan T-shirt. Each class that comes in, in their first couple days, they come up with a slogan that goes on the back of the shirt and it's their slogan for four years and they wear it for all their football and basketball and hockey games.

"It's a bright yellow shirt, pretty cool tradition. I think what it does is makes each class feel special within the community."

The last three slogans for BC freshmen:

Class of 2014: Ignite the Heights with Spirit and Truth

Class of 2015: Building Character, Becoming Champions

Class of 2016: Many Hearts, One Tradition

What do you have to see on campus?

"Kelly's roast beef, best roast beef sandwiches I've ever had. You have got to get to it. It's right here in Chestnut Hill. It's a special sauce for sure, but they give you a 2- or 3-inch thick sandwich and the rolls are delicious and the meat is really, really good."

What do you have to see off campus?

"Well, listen, we've got the greatest baseball stadium. They do tours of Fenway every morning. It gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the park, gets you in the press box, gets you on the monster. That's a great thing for people to come in and see Fenway, for sure."

Biggest difference between Syracuse and Boston College?

"The thing I think that surprises people about Boston is it's more of a town than a city. I think we're the 10th-biggest media market, but geographically it is a very small city, a city that you can walk. It has incredible historic sites. It's the birth of our American Revolution. There's something called the Freedom Trail, which is something you can visit and literally spend a couple days walking the city and seeing all the historic sites. And it's a big college town. We have over 79 colleges and over 300,000 college students within 20 miles of the city."

How do you irritate a Boston College fan?

"Make reference to that they're not Notre Dame. They can have an inferiority complex at times saying who's the best Catholic Division I athletic program."